Topic:Our Present Sufferings READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:18-25 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 The theme of that verse and the next nine verses is that incomparable glory lies ahead — glory beyond description, greater than anything you can compare it with on earth. A …
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Topic:Assurance READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:15B-17 And by him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:15b-16 What Paul describes here is our deepest level of assurance. Beyond the emotions, beyond the feelings, is a deep conviction that is born of the Spirit of God himself, an underlying awareness that …
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Topic:Children of God READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:14-15B For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. Romans 8:14-15 We are all creatures of God by natural …
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Topic:The Spirit and the Body READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:8-13 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also …
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Topic:Two Possibilities READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:5-8 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. Romans 8:5 There are two possibilities as Christians that will determine if we manifest the righteousness of God, depending …
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Topic:Good News READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:3-4 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by our sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the sinful man, in order that the righteous requirement of the law …
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Topic:No Condemnation READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 7:25-8:2 So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 7:25b-8:1 Paul says, I want to do good. I believe in it. I delight …
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Topic:The Continuing Struggle READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 7:7-25 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to …
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Topic:A New Husband READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 7:1-6 Do you not know, brothers and sisters — for I am speaking to those who know the law — that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but …
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Topic:A New Master READ THE SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 6:8-14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. Romans 6:14 Why does Paul bring in the Law? He brings in the Law because he is dealing with one of the most basic problems of the Christian struggle, the thing that often depresses and …
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